Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Acte de métier
English translation:
Operational processes/ core operational activities
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2018-12-24 14:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Dec 21, 2018 12:57
5 yrs ago
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French term
Acte de métier
French to English
Marketing
Business/Commerce (general)
Survey responses
Question asked of business managers:
- What are the top two ways you will improve productivity or efficiency in your organization in 2019/2020?
Response:
- Digitiser les actes de métier.
- Job descriptions?
- Skills certificates?
- Hovercraft full of eels?
Any ideas welcome!
- What are the top two ways you will improve productivity or efficiency in your organization in 2019/2020?
Response:
- Digitiser les actes de métier.
- Job descriptions?
- Skills certificates?
- Hovercraft full of eels?
Any ideas welcome!
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +2 | Operational processes/ core operational activities | Lorraine Valarino |
Proposed translations
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6 mins
Selected
Operational processes/ core operational activities
Operational processes/ core operational activities
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/actes-métiers.265228...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/actes-métiers.265228...
Note from asker:
Thanks to all: I went for "core job activities", so thanks also to Lorraine. |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Daryo
: that's the idea, although literally it would mean "each of the operations involved"
35 mins
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Thanks Daryo.
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agree |
Verginia Ophof
43 mins
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Thanks Verginia.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone: I went with "core job activities" in the end."
Discussion
So what they are talking about is "digitising" components/elements of the job.
cette recherche témoigne que "la technicisation des actes de métier [est] un processus fréquent permettant de les extraire de la banalité quotidienne" (p. 35). Les auteurs soulignent que l'apprentissage de ces gestes et paroles technicisés porte une valeur symbolique forte, et qu'il a pour effet la mise en visibilité de la professionnalité des actes plutôt qu'une réelle valeur d'utilité professionnelle.
https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:92038/ATTACHMENT01
"Acte de métier" when dealing with an "Hovercraft full of eels":
1. find one eel
2. catch it
3. release overboard
4. repeat as necessary.